Tanning salon’s Thanksgiving special: ‘Sexy color’ like Native Americans

And you thought Thanksgiving was just about the turkey, huh? Well, one Alabama-based chain of tanning salons is offering “sexy color” like Native Americans. 745TDBanty 131108

Club Sun Color Studios, which has salons in Alabama and Florida, ran a Thanksgiving special that quickly raised eyebrows this week.
The ad shows a well-tanned brunette in a Native American costume – check out the feathers in her hair – standing next to a fair-skinned blonde in a Pilgrim dress.
Says the ad: “The Indians brought more than just ‘corn’ to the first Thanksgiving, they brought Sexy 'Color'!"
And look at that – instant, flawless, sunless spray tans start at $7.99!
“As you can see, Sexy Indian is also wearing authentic fringed stilettos, which historians agree is part of the traditional dress of Sexy Indians when they taught Sexy Pilgrims how to tan back in History Days,” wrote Erin Gloria Ryan at Jezebel, apparently the first to call a turkey a turkey.
Wednesday night, the ad had seemingly disappeared from both the company’s website and Facebook page.
Club Sun’s marketing director David Arnett posted an apology.
“In response to the recent post from Jezebel.com., the ad I created showing a Native American and Pilgrim in costume was in no way intended to be offensive or racist,” he wrote. “I sincerely apologize if it offended anyone.
“I myself am Native American and I am very proud of my heritage and skin tone. The thought process behind the ad was simply a play on my own sexy 'color'. Again, I apologize for any offense and misunderstanding.”
Can’t wait to see what they do with those Christmas elves.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/11/07/4603326/tanning-salons-thanksgiving-special.html#storylink=cpy

The origin of Thanksgiving day

Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among almost all religions after harvests and at other times. The Thanksgiving holiday's history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation. It also has aspects of a harvest festival, even though the harvest in New England occurs well before the late-November date on which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated.  745TDBanty 131105

The custom of marking good fortune with a day of gratitude quickly caught on throughout New England. In the early days of the United States, the new nation's leaders began proclaiming country-wide thanksgiving celebrations. In the American Revolution, for example, the Continental Congress called for a day of thanksgiving to mark the U.S. victory at the Battle of Saratoga. Then in 1789, President George Washington called for a day of thanksgiving in recognition of the U.S. Constitution's ratification.

  

Modern Thanksgiving has its direct origins in American history. It's unclear whether the Pilgrims themselves called that first feast a thanksgiving celebration, but they were certainly celebrating the abundance of food and the peace with their American Indian neighbors. When the first  group of Puritans left from England and arrived in the New World, and then settled in a town called Plymouth in what is now Massachusetts. The Pilgrims' first winter was so harsh that fewer than 50 of the group survived the season. One day an Abnaki Indian named Samoset entered the Plymouth settlement. He welcomed the Pilgrims in English, and the next day returned with another American Indian named Squanto. With Squanto's help, the Pilgrims were able to survive in the New World. He taught them how to get sap out of the maple trees, how to avoid plants that were poisonous and how to plant corn and other crops.

The harvest was very successful, due in large part to help from the American Indians. The Pilgrims had enough food for the winter and had learned how to survive in the New World. Plymouth Colony's Governor, William Bradford, decided to throw a celebratory feast and invited the colony's American Indian neighbors to take part. The American Indians brought food as well, and the celebration lasted for three days.